Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-03-12
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Ted gave . guilty start, and colored
TO the roots of his hair.
II have never thought them good fo1
children, bnt I believe your mother al
lows you to eat them, 20 / viii not re-
fuse you. Let me give You some
grape"
There was blackberry for dinner and
pineapple for tea, and Ted had boun.
tiful supply of each. The next day he
groaned In spirit at breakfast time, al
dinner he was obliged to refuse his des'
sert, and at tea-time he looked fairly
sick.
Il don't believe I want any supper,
he said, after two or three Intellectual
attempts to swallow. 81 guess Tn
tired, or something"
Il shouldn't wonder If he was some
thing, thought Aunt Nancy, grimly.
It was the longest night that led
ever experienced, and when he went
down to the breakfast table he found
some quince-sauce at his plate.
@How long will it be before my
father and mother come home?" he
asked his aunt that morning.
@Oh, six or eight weeks. any way,
she answered.
Ted devoted the next hour to arith-
metical calculations. Suppose it was
only six weeks. there were seven days
in week, and there were three meals
each day. Aunt Nancy" he said very
brightly when she passed him some
I'm goin' to be here SO long 1 don't be-
ieve L ought to eat preserves every
meal; L should eat it all up. You
know"
ooh, no, there isn't any danger OF
that, l laid in quite store, and want
you to be sure and have enough" was
Aunt Nancy's prompt reply.
Tedis face fell instantly, What
should he do. Oh, if he hadn't touched
it! Nobody knew how miserably he
felt.
At last he was missing one night
when the tea bell rang.
Have you seen anything of Ted?'
asked Aunt Nancy of the cook.
"Not since dinner" she said, nor had
anyone. Aunt Nancy began to feel
very much troubled; what he'd become
of him? They hunted the house over
from cellar to garnet, they called and
called, but no answer came. At last,
just as they were about to give up in
despair, Aunt Nancy spied queer lit
tie figure curled up in the corner of the
back chamber, sound asleep. It seemed
to her that she was never before in all
her life SO devoutly thankful to see any
one as she was this tear stained, miser-
able, little specimen of humanity.
Il can't, I can't come down." he
sobbed. "It would kill me, Aunt Nam
cy. I used TOTO crawl-in the win
dow and eat lots, and it chokes me
awful-oh--oh!"
"The land sake's alive! the boys
actually got regular conscience!" said
Aunt Nancy. in surprise, and then she
surprised herself by taking him in her
arms and kissing him tenderly.
Il do not believe that you will ever
take what does not belong to you again,
will your"
mo, ma'am. Oh! no, ma'am, I guess
I won't, /" replied Ted, with great fer
vor. @Do folks always get punished like
/ have?"
mot perhaps just exactly as you have,
but the way of the transgressor is al
ways hard, Ted; always remember that,
viii you?"
aYes, ma'am, and-I needn't have
any more preserves, need II"
Ted was possessed of two distin-
gushing characteristics throughout all
his future history; he could not be
persuaded to even taste any sort of pre-
serve, and he was never known to take so
much as pin that did not belong to
him.